[Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the Rights of Disabled Persons

[Michael Burks]

I agree.  Andrea has done a fantastic job.



Sincerely,

Michael Burks
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>
wrote:

> It's great to see that Andrea Saks continues to achieve much for
> accessibility for people with disability particularly in the ITU and IGF.
>
> Resolution 175 (revised in Busan) has a large number of actions for ITU to
> do or continue to do.
>
> One of these was the adoption of an ITU accessibility policy in 2013 to
> work on its own internal practices to make them more accessible. These
> actions are outlined at:
> http://www.itu.int/en/action/accessibility/Pages/makingITUaccessible.aspx
> and are listed below:
>         provide basic training in disability awareness for all staff;
>         incorporate a reference to reasonable accommodation in
> registration forms and invitation letters to ITU events and conferences;
>         assess the opportunity for improving the efficiency of ITU
> internal processes regarding the provision of captioning services;
>         improving the accessibility of Word documents used in ITU meetings
> and conferences;
>         defining an action plan for the provision of reasonable
> accommodation during PP14;
>         organizing a side-event during PP14 to inform ITU Membership on
> the implementation of the ITU Accessibility Policy
>         organizing a showcase-demos on specific areas related to
> accessibility;
>         setting a process to systematically collect information on needs
> and preferences of meeting and conference participants concerning
> accessibility;
>         inviting ITU Member States to allocate a budget line for the
> implementation of the Accessibility Policy in the Union's budget
>         conducting an assessment of the level of accessibility of ITU
> recruitment process;
>         adjusting ITU procurement processes to incorporate the
> accessibility requirements (focus on IT equipment);
>         mainstreaming accessibility in ITU programmatic activities.
>
>
> These are practical actions. ITU also works on integrating accessibility
> in policy and general standards development.
>
> ICANN is also developing its accessibility practice through the At-Large
> Accessibility Taskforce.
>
> It's worthwhile revisiting ISOC's Accessibility Issues Paper and its
> suggested actions:
> http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-accessibility-internet-use-
> persons-disabilities-moving-forward
>
> The more people who highlight accessibility issues the better. We can all
> contribute to helping ISOC become a more accessible organisation and to
> work on integrating accessibility into policy and practice. While Chapters
> have a significant role to play in furthering accessibility, the Internet
> Society head office could provide significant leadership in this area.
> Disability awareness training is a good start....
>
> Gunela Astbrink
> Director, ISOC Australia
>
> Jane Coffin said the following on 9/11/14 13:11 :
>
>> Hi Glenn,
>>
>> Andrea Saks has been working on this in the ITU space (and with national
>> governments) for many years and started off the first Resolution on the
>> road to the PP series of text in 2010 either at the WTSA 2008 or WTDC in
>> 2010.  She has done incredible work to move the ball forward.  She is
>> largely the person responsible for captioning at events.  If you need
>> links to her, many of us have them.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jane
>>
>> From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
>> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 22:18
>> To: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>> <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>"
>> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>> <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>, Gunela Astbrink
>> <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>>, Paul Brigner
>> <brigner at isoc.org <mailto:brigner at isoc.org>>
>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the
>> Rights of Disabled Persons
>>
>>
>> Judith Hellerstein   of  ISOC  DC  Chapter  upon return from  a grueling
>>   two  weeks in Busan, Korea  at the ITU   shared with me  the document
>>   on  rights of the disabled in our  digital space.
>>
>> http://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Documents/final-acts/pp14-
>> final-acts-en.pdf
>>
>> FINAL ACTS*
>> OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE   Resolution 175  highlighted the need
>> to recognize the billion people  with  disabilities, especially those in
>> developing countries.
>>
>> A number of  recommendations  were made in the resolution as to making
>> our communication more accessible.
>>
>> Judith, Gunella and myself  have advocating within  ISOC  these concerns
>>   and given this document  we need  to see how this  blueprint call
>> assist   ISOC in its policy work to ways and means to implement these
>> concepts.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
>> skype  gmcknight
>> twitter gmcknight
>> .
>>
>
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